S-Class Dungeon's Mistress

Chapter 160

The next day, the Skeleton Captain’s wish came true.

Lisianthus and Lupinus happened to be both in Greenville this morning. Greenville Dungeon’s portal began to hum. Hearing the sound, the demons threw away everything they were doing and ran in front of the portal.

And through the blue light, the face they had been waiting for appeared.

At last, Adelaide had returned.

Adelaide had a different look. Her jet-black hair grew longer and ran down to her hips, and her face was slimmer, she had a more mature feel. It must have been four days since she disappeared, but it looked like years had passed, only for Adelaide.

“Adele!”

The first to run to her and hug her was Lisianthus. He hugged Adelaide tightly, without a moment’s notice. His longing was revealed in the force that was so strong that the veins on his skin began to protrude.

“Lisian.”

Adelaide held him in his arms, and she herself stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly. Her pink eyes quickly became moist.

“Where, where have you been? When I saw the artifact, I was so……!”

Lisianthus seldom raised his voice. He was so nervous. A signal appeared in the artifact that she had been seriously injured, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get to where she was. She probably wouldn’t be able to imagine how upset he was.

When he imagined Adelaide lying on a floor, in a place where he wasn’t, he truly felt like he was losing his mind. Had she been one day late, he would have made an irreversible choice. Destroying everything they had built at once.

“Adela.”

Lupin stood still next to her and stared at Adelaide. It was a more gentle reaction than Lisianthus, but there was a sadness that could not be understood in the depth of his gaze.

“I thought that you abandoned me again.”

Thick tears began to drip down his expressionless face. The aura that had been weakened by overexposure to demonic magic shook.

Adelaide slowly opened her mouth, biting her lip in guilt.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I worried everyone…….”

She put off explaining the situation until later and focused on her relationship with her precious friends.

The warm arms, familiar voices, the comfortable Greenville Dungeon. How much she missed them the whole time she was being tormented by pain. Longing was the driving force that let her come back alive.

After crying together and hugging everyone for a long time, the emotions finally calmed down a little.

In the meantime, Lisianthus took care of her sore throat and brought her some warm tea instead of asking about the situation right away. This was also one of the things she missed very much.

Adelaide sat down on the sofa and took a few sips of the warm tea. She then stroked Bell’s back, who was sitting right next to her, then opened her mouth carefully.

“I was in Helheim. So…… I became the ruler of Kronatan.”

At her declaration, her demon subordinates’ mouth hung wide open in astonishment. However, Lisianthus and Lupinus did not appear to be very surprised. They had already predicted it from the aura that minutely leaked out from her body.

“What happened exactly was—”

Adelaide began her story when she rescued a young wyvern. She revealed everything in detail, but omitted what Caladium confessed to her. Because that was not something to talk about in front of everyone.

When the conversation with Hela came out, Lisianthus was also quite surprised. She had talked to a god. This was by no means common. Even he who had lived for a long time had never experienced such a thing. Of course, Lupinus, a human, was not impressed.

“—So I went into the castle……. Then Helheim’s power poured into my body. The amount was so much that it took a long time to take it all in.”

She also secretly left out that she had suffered from excruciating pain for several days. If she talked about it, they would only be worried, so she didn’t whine about how she was in so much pain.

Fortunately, the other demons were not suspicious. Helheim itself was so unfamiliar to them that they had no way of knowing how painful the process was. They simply admired and were amazed by Adelaide’s achievement.

Instead of giving a surprised look, Lisianthus squinted his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows. There was discomfort in his eyes. He was the one he hated the most, so Adelaide turned the other way, pretending not to know.

Just in time, she was able to dodge naturally thanks to Juilliard who asked a question.

“Theeen…… That’s why yoouuur appearance changed, becaaauuse of Helheim… ”

“Yes. After absorbing all of its power and opening my eyes, my appearance had changed into this. No, I don’t think it’s just the appearance. Definitely….… I feel stronger.”

She gathered the energy from her body into her hands. On her tiny palm, demonic energy condensed in an instant. Each ray of energy moved in detail according to her will. Its density was also incomparable to the past.

She lightly threw the gathered energy on her hand. A skeleton standing nearby flinched, in case his body was hit, but the demonic energy naturally avoided the demons. It was as if there was an ego within that energy.

Paaat

The bright energy that reached the end of the living room suddenly exploded. At the same time, a new portal was created in its place. A large portal shining in lavender. It was connected to Helheim.

“If you go through this portal, you can go straight to Helheim. If you want to take a look, you can go anytime. Every Greenville member is allowed to enter as they wish.”

“Wow……!”

Her demon members clapped their hands, looking really pleased. Bell wagged his tail, excited to explore the new place, but he could not leave Adelaide’s side. He was afraid that she might disappear again while he went.

“Is Helheim really a castle?”

“Yes, it’s a huge castle. I came out as soon as I gained strength, so I don’t know for sure, but it seemed to have all the furniture.”

As a result, Adelaide became a so-called multi-home owner who owned Greenville Dungeon and Helheim at the same time. Considering the time she was hiding in the streets long ago with no space to stay, it was a great achievement.

However, she didn’t seem very impressed. She had planned to return Helheim to Caladium someday. And frankly, she couldn’t be happy as the memories of her writhing on the floor of Helheim were still fresh. She wanted to take some time to forget that.

“Adelaide, you are amazing!”

“Adelaide, you did a great job. Were you hurt anywhere?”

However, when her demon members praised her, she slowly felt better. Even the pain from Helheim couldn’t change her simple-mindedness.

“Yes, I’m fine. My head is throbbing a little, but it’s not a big deal. Rather, I’m full of power. We could go to war with Los Halde right now.”

“We kept training while you were gone! So, don’t worry about us and start the war whenever you want!”

“Woof!”

“Thank you, guys.”

Adelaide smiled bashfully to express her gratitude. She was even more grateful because she knew that they were considerate of her in case it made her feel uncomfortable.

“Master. Why not slowly check the dungeon pad?”

“Oh right! I have fulfilled the conditions!”

Lisianthus’ words reminded her of a fact she had forgotten. Now that she has solved ‘Helheim’s Restoration’, the condition for promotion to B, she should be able to raise her class without any worries.

Unsurprisingly, a new notification popped up when she opened the pad.

[All conditions for promotion to ‘B’ have been achieved.

-Go to war and win against a dungeon C-Class or higher ✓

-(Random) Restore the symbol of Kronatan that disappeared in the mist ✓]

[Are you sure you want to upgrade?]

From B-Class, do I have to press it directly to increase the rank? After all, if they went up to B-Class, they will have the opportunity to re-draw for a dungeon again, so it would be difficult if the Class rises recklessly before they are ready. Though, it wouldn’t be applicable to Greenville that had already picked the best* dungeon.

[T/N: This is referring to when they drew a dungeon that produces Bricaber leaf.]

Adelaide pressed the <Yes> button without hesitation. Then, the now familiar vibration began to spread throughout the dungeon.

Kugugugu……!

This was also a promotion that was not new to her demon members, so they were not surprised and steadied themselves. As the Class went up, the vibrations tended to increase as well, but now the members were not so weak to fall from vibrations.

[The level of the dungeon will increase.]

[The reward will be paid together.]

[The level of the dungeon will increase.]

[The reward will be paid together.]

[The class of the dungeon is…….]

Oh. Adelaide briefly admired. They increased by a number of ranks which she had not expected.

When the notifications stopped and the vibrations subsided, she checked the dungeon pad again.

[Greenville Dungeon]

―Owner: Adelaide

―Class: B-2 (NEW!)

―Assets: 448 Almas (NEW!)

―Demon Count: 37

―Room Count: 112 (NEW!)

―Trap Room Count: 2

―Portal Count: 4 (NEW!)

“Wow, the rank went up by four, didn’t it?”

“Combat power has never been lacking, and the number of kills has risen quite a bit since we last re-opened. Perhaps we will rise to B-1 without much trouble.”

Adelaide nodded her head, carefully reading what was on her pad. As he said, the combat power requirements of an S-Class dungeon have already been achieved since they were D-Class. It was thanks to Caladium.

If he really came to Greenville to terminate his contract–. Adelaide cried at the sudden thought. But she quickly brushed off her sorrow.

When she checked the warrior kill count, they were not far from the B-1 level requirement, as Lisianthus said.

‘We will be A-Class soon.’

Adelaide muttered blankly. A-Class. Although she started managing it with the goal of S-Class, she never thought that it would come to this stage. And so soon too. It was all thanks to her members.

“Are there any other conditions for going up to A?”

“Yes. Likewise, it is determined randomly. But you don’t have to worry. Difficult conditions like taking Helheim don’t come out of nowhere.”

“When the conditions came up, you also said they were easy.”

“……Right. I shouldn’t have.”

Lisianthus’ face was very dark when he replied. She expected him to respond with a sly smile, but it was strange. Adelaide glanced into his eyes.

At that moment, Lupinus abruptly stuck out his head and covered her view.

“Adela. Is your energy okay?”